2007
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.09.003
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Parasternal Intercostal Block With Ropivacaine for Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial

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“…12 these findings are consistent with the study by Althea M [20]. Althea M. Barr [20] showed that ropivacaine parasternal block is an effective treatment for sternal wound pain. It is a safe, simple, and effective adjunct for optimizing of pain control and reducing opioid analgesics after adult cardiac surgery.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…12 these findings are consistent with the study by Althea M [20]. Althea M. Barr [20] showed that ropivacaine parasternal block is an effective treatment for sternal wound pain. It is a safe, simple, and effective adjunct for optimizing of pain control and reducing opioid analgesics after adult cardiac surgery.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…[108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117][118] Parasternal Intercostal and Paravertebral Blocks Parasternal intercostal and paravertebral blocks reduce acute postoperative pain. [119][120][121][122] Despite this, there is no evidence that either has an effect on chronic poststernotomy pain. 121,123 Intrapleural Injection Intrapleural local anesthetic injections have been utilized for pain control following thoracotomy with mixed results.…”
Section: Transdermal Lidocainementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Susan B et al [7] showed parasternal block and infiltration of local Bupivacaine in the sternotomy wound and mediastinal tube sites can be a useful analgesic adjunct in the first four to six hours after cardiac surgery. Panagiotakopoulos V showed that 64% of patients didn't experience any significant pain at all, 29% experienced improved pain compared with the other cardiac surgical patients and only 7% of the patients enrolled in this study experienced the "usual" pain [6,19,[21][22][23][24][25][26].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%